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FreeBSD : bind -- denial of service vulnerability (7a31e0de-5b6d-11e6-b334-002590263bf5)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 92772

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

ISC reports :

A query name which is too long can cause a segmentation fault in lwresd.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://kb.isc.org/docs/aa-01393

http://www.nessus.org/u?828ad2b1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 92772

File Name: freebsd_pkg_7a31e0de5b6d11e6b334002590263bf5.nasl

Version: 2.9

Type: local

Published: 8/8/2016

Updated: 1/29/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-2775

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:bind910, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:bind9-devel, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:bind99, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:bind911, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/6/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/18/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-2775

IAVA: 2017-A-0004